Schedule or table.



PTENTED JULYBI, 1906,

F. P. LEPHNG'WELL. SCHEDULE 0R TABLE. FPLI'TIION FILED OUT-29| 1.904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE. y'

FRANK P. LEEFINGWELL, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SCHEDULE OFI-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul'y 31,1906.

Application filed October 29, 1904. Serial No. 230,466.

bles-such, for example, as time-tables--and designs to provide improved means for tracing a given line from end to end thereof.

n railroad time-tables consisting of a list of many trains it has been difficult and inconvenientA to trace a line containing the time of all trains sto ping at a station, because some of the train- 'gures were. located some distance To make the time-table less diflicult to trace, it has` from the station list or column.

been customary to subdivide the table by horizontal lines or spaces and to repeat the station-list at several vpoints between the train-figures. In practice, however, the subdivision of the table into sections or groups aided but little in referring to train-gures remotely located from a station-list, because of the uniformity of appearance of adjacent groups. When the station-list Was repeated at dierent places, the width of the table was necessarily increased, and even thenclose examination was necessary to avoid error in tracing a line.

The invention designs' to overcome these objections to time-tables and similar objections to schedules or tables for other purposes and to provide a schedule or table in which it is not necessary to repeat the list at several places and in which the figures alined with any point in the list can be readily, quickly, and conveniently traced from end to end.

The invention consists in the novel features hereinafter set forth, and more particularly defined by claims at `theconclusion hereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 `is a plan of a time-table embodying the invention'. Fig. 2 is a planv of an insurance rate-table embodying the invention.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, '1 denotes a sheet or folder having at one side thereof a column 2 whereinthe stations are printed in regular order. A series of columns 3, which are arranged collaterally of each other and of the station-column 2, contain the figures for each train in vertical succession. The corresponding time of the trains is printed in horizontal alinement with the several stations in the station-column, and for clear- -ness in tracing the iigures in the several columns in which the time of trains is noted the' sheet is usually subdivided into sectionsor groups by horizontal'lines 9.V A series of characters 4 (such as letters or numerals) are arranged in said sections, one of such series being placed in each section,l and Vadditional characters are displayed at intervals in corresponding horizontal alinement throughout the width of the sheet, as at 5, 6, 7, and 8. Such arrangement clearly preserves an appearance of continuity of the sections and a distinction between the sections across the entire Width of the time-table. Such characters are printed in contrasting color or style ofletter or numeral different from the trainigures and have been in the same columns in which the figures indicating the time of the trains are shown. The marked contrast in color or style of letter clearly distinguishes the characters from the figures indicating the time of the trains, and by printing these characters in the train-columns the necessity of increasing the Width of the sheet or folder is avoided. The identifying characters 4., &c., are somewhat larger thanl the figuresin the columns 3, so these will be clearly seen and the several subdivisions will be distinguishable from each other at a glance. The sections and alined train-iigures can be readily traced from the station-column without close examination. For example, if a patron is desirous of ascertaining the time of the trains stopping at Hyde Park he can easily do so by noting that said station is the second station in the section or subdivision which contains the identifying characters C at intervals throughout its width, and which section is easily distinguishable throughout its Width by the large and plain identifying characters. Thus it will be seen that the patron can readily and clearly see and distinguish the alined figures of any one of the stations without closely examining and tracing all the alined figures for a particular station from that station in the station-column.

In Fig. 2 the invention is applied to an -insurance rate-table having the .endowment terms arrangedv in a list 10 and the insurancerate for `persons of dierent ages arranged in columns l1. The table is subdividedl into horizontal sections or groups by spaces and has identifying characters .4, 5, and 6 printed in alined series and in contrasting coloracross each group or section.

The invention is not to be understood as IOO restricted to the precise arrangement shown and described, since these can be varied Without departing from the spirit of the invention. The invention can be applied to advantage on schedules or tables of various sorts and used for other purposes than those shown and described and is not to be understood as restricted to schedules or tables of the character shown, except Where these are specifically deiined in the claims.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

1. A schedule or table having printed thereon an indicating-list, a series of reference-numerals arranged in columns each column being designated by one of the members of said list and being arranged in sections or groups each embodying a plurality of said columns, and distinctive characters displayed in a plurality of alined series upon said schedule or table to distinguish said sections or groups from each other, some of such characters being printed in or partially in the portions Whereon the figures are printed.

2. A schedule or table having printed thereon an indicating-list, a series of reference-numerals arranged in columns each column being designated by one of the members of said list and being arranged in sections or groups each embodying a plurality of said columns, and distinctive characters displayed in a plurality of alined series upon said schedule or table to distinguish said sections or groups from each other, some of such characters being printed in or partially in the portions Whereon the iigures are printed, said characters being in contrasting color.

3. A time-table having printed thereon a list of stations, the time of trains indicated in horizontal columns and being arranged in horizontal sections each embodying a plurality of said columns, said. sections being distinguished from each other by distinctive characters displayed in a plurality of alined series across the time-table, some of such characters being printed Vin or partially in the portions Whereon the train-iigures are printed.

4. A time-table having printed thereon a list of stations, the time of trains indicated in horizontal columns and being arranged in horizontal sections each embodying a plurality of said columns, said sections being distinguished from each other by distinctive characters displayed in a plurality of alined series across said time-table, said characters being in contrasting color, and being printed in or partially in the portions whereon the train-iigures are printed.

FRANK P. LEFFINGWELL. 

